Fortune Smiles
of Adam Johnson
Description
In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. âNirvana" portrays a programmer, whose wife has a rare disease, finding solace in a digital simulacrum of the president of the United States. In âHurricanes Anonymous,â a young man searches for the mother of his son in a Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. âGeorge Orwell Was a Friend of Mineâ follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. And in the unforgettable title story, Johnson returns to his signature subject, North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang who are trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind.Unnerving, riveting, and written with a timeless quality, these stories confirm Johnson as one of Americaâs greatest writers and an indispensable guide to our new century.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304 pages
- Publisher Random House
- Publication Date August 18th 2015
- First Publication Not informed
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- ISBN 9780812997477
- Edition Not informed
- Category Poetry & Essays
- Scenario ['Palo Alto, California (United States)', 'Lake Charles (United States)', 'Berlin (Germany)', 'San Francisco, California (United States)', 'Burbank, California (United States)', 'Seoul, South Korea (Korea, Republic of)']
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